What Do You Mean By That?

Test your vocabulary by guessing the correct definition of the following words.

1. abstruse, adj., a. spacious, b. hard to understand, c. stupid

2. anchorite, noun, a. someone who lives in seclusion, b. someone who collects anchors, c. someone who is dependable

3. asseverate, verb, a. to cut apart, b. to assert earnestly, c. to yell

4. bastinado, noun, a. a beating, b. a child born out of wedlock, c. a basket

5. chicanery, noun, a. trickery, b. a special factory for canning, c. a house of fashion

6. coruscate, verb, a. steal, b. sparkle, c. sell

7. discombobulate, verb, a. behead, b. cut hair, c. confuse

8. fatuity, noun, a. foolishness, b. an overweight person, c. a fatal wound

9. fusty, adj., a. finicky, b. old, c. moldy

10. mawkish, adj., a. childishly sentimental, b. loud, c. overly dramatic

11. officious, adj., a. important, b. insulting, c. meddlesome

12. prink, verb, a. pull a joke on someone, b. primp, c. poke a small hole

13. sangfroid, noun, a. an imperturbable state, b. a teaching related to that of Sigmund Freud, c. a method of singing

14. shoat, noun, a. a piece of wheat, b. a weaned young pig, c. a type of watercraft

15. turbid, adj., a. tough, b. hot, c. dense
 

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